City P&Z Commission will meet Monday

Several proposed projects, including a coffee shop, a job training site and a housing subdivision, will go before the Yuma Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday.

The commissioners will meet at 4:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 City Plaza.

The panel will consider two requests for conditional use permits. First up will be a CUP request by GL Thomas Investments LLC for an office and job training facility in the Light Industrial/Airport Overlay District, on property located at 4457 E. Gila Ridge Road.

The goal of this CUP is to continue already existing business uses, according to staff reports. The property is used for training employees during the agricultural growing season, roughly mid-October through April. About 100 employees attend pre-season orientations in multiple sessions, and about 500 people receive general safety trainings and employee orientations.

The second CUP request is by Kimberly Radin, on behalf of Southgate Mall LLC, for a Dutch Brothers Coffee drive-thru on a 34,616-square-foot parcel in the General

Commercial District located at the southwest corner of South 4th Avenue and Catalina Drive. An existing building, which formerly housed Paul Bensel Jewelers, will be demolished.

In addition, the commission will consider a rezoning request by Dahl, Robins and Associates, on behalf of the Brian L. Hall Living Trust and the Michael T. Hall Living Trust, for about 455.88 acres from agriculture to low density residential, medium density single-family residential and general commercial for the properties located at the northeast, southeast and southwest corners of Avenue 7E and 44th Street.

While currently undeveloped, the intended development for the area includes a variety of low and medium density housing subdivisions featuring centralized basins and an area park, a site for a future school, and an area for commercial development.

A General Plan Amendment was approved on Oct. 16, amending the land use designation to support the proposed rezoning. This potential residential development is limited to a maximum of 2,224 homes, according to a recently adopted settlement agreement between the City of Yuma and the applicant.

To view the complete agenda and staff reports, go to www.yumaaz.gov.